Gone those days when study and preparation for competitive examinations and written tests conducted by using pen/pencil and paper (OMR sheet). Today, almost every competitive examinations in India, such as GATE, IBPS PO, IES, UPSC and similar other examinations are conducted via online mode. This has also brought significant changes in the preparation strategy to follow by students for clearing the written examination and qualifying for further steps.
In addition, as giving test via online mode with the help of desktop computer is somewhat different from giving tests via OMR sheets, it is essential for applicants to develop well familiarity with the latest system. Hence, with the aim to make students familiar of the online examination and help job aspirants to study in better way, today, large numbers of Ed-tech start ups companies have set up in different regions of India.
Overview on Few Common Competitive Examinations
Before we should move ahead to discuss the roles and names of start-ups in detail, we should look on few competitive examinations conducted yearly in India.
GATE
GATE is the acronym for Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering i.e. an all-India level of competitive examination. It mainly tests the comprehensive skills and understandings of various Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering subjects.
IBPS PO
Every year, IBPS i.e. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection conducts IBPS PO examination to give golden opportunities to all young boys and girls, who passed their graduation with minimum 55 percent and aimed to deliver their services as a Probationary Officer in public sector banks of India.
UPSC
UPSC i.e. Union Public Services Commission is the centralized agency of India authorized to conduct various defense and civil services for graduate and post graduate students countrywide.
IES
IES is the acronym for Indian Engineering Services. These are civil services aimed to meet both managerial and technical functions performed under the Indian Government.
Role of ED Tech Start-ups in the Education Sector
ED Tech has brought drastic changes in the way of imparting education to students. Particularly, it eases the way to deliver education and thereby, boost the knowledge as well as competency levels of students. For instance, most of the top-class ED-tech companies’ use advanced technology-based systems to make students learn via online portals and videos, while at the same time, allow candidates to give mock tests regularly. Main benefit of the online mock test series is that it aware applicants of the actual test environment and let them to adopt sound strategies to crack the actual examination successfully.
Quick Review on Few Leading Indian Ed-Tech Startups
Now, let us have a look on few of the leading Indian Ed-Tech startups, which have played significant role to help government job aspirants across the India.
Vedantu
Vedantu started in 2011 is an online platform that provides technology-based education to students to enable personalized level of learning. Teachers and students may gain access to live learning facilities. Here, students have to choose a teacher from experienced and qualified teachers. Online tutors also use different tools, like whiteboard marker and innovative video and audio technologies to make the entire learning session as interactive. Along with this, huge focus of the company on innovation and technology has allowed it to create wide range of in-house products optimize perfectly to deal with low bandwidth conditions.
Career Power
Career Power, previously known as Bank Power is a reputed institute for preparation of IBPS PO and other similar types of Government Examinations conducted regularly in India. This Ed-tech group always focuses on imparting top quality to education to students and possesses excellent records of accomplishments to achieve the best possible success rate in education and technological industry for previous 5 years.
Other than educational packages in the form of videos and PDFs, it provides students with test series, which help candidates to analyze their core strengths and weaknesses. In addition, test series online help students to improve their necessary time management skills for the actual examination.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we should say that Ed-tech startups have brought drastic revolution in the entire educational sector.
